Kennedi Santomenna - HUM 1020 - CRN 14242
- krsantomenna8176
- Jan 30
- 3 min read
Chapter 4: Literature
"Apparently a woman of strong physical needs, she introduced into literature one of its more enduring themes: unrequited passion--a theme that, as we shall see, became wildly popular during the Renissance and, indeed, is central to many contemporary popular songs (4.3)."
The reason I chose this quote is because of how much love drives people to work. This quote is based on Sappho, whol was the first lyric poet. Her favorite things to write about is love. She would put herself inside her work and talk about her deepest feelings. She was known for being the first writer to do such thing. Her drive for love, despite being a strong woman, was something she was very passionate about. She was alsp very passionate about her feelings and writing about them to her readers. She wrote a poem to the love goddess, Aphrodite, about her frustration with falling in love. This poem was one of her most famous pieces. Love is very common in music nowadays and it is wildly spread in the world.
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"The literary impluse was originally the same thing as the need to establish identity and history (4.2)."
As someone who takes pride in journaling my feelings, I would say this quote is very true. When I journal my thoughts and feelings into a notebook, I would hope that one day someone would read it. Whether that is my kids or my family, I hope that one day someone would be willing to dive into my thoughts. I have always said that I want my future children to dig into the attic to find their mother's journal. It is like when historians found the diary of Anne Frank. They were not aware of what they would find until they found it. No one had a clue of the woman she was until they read her diary. So one day, when my future kids become teenagers or adults, they will read my journal and see how my life was. How I felt on the day I journaled, and what I experienced in my life. And maybe they will realize how different or smiliar we were when we were each others age.
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"Imagine how you would feel if you suddenly developed amnesia and had no clue of your past history. Wouldn't you become obsessed with the desire to locate yourself in time and space? (4.2)."
To answer the question simply, yes, I would go absolutely crazy. I believe our past is what develops our future. If having no rememberance of the past, then it would cause chaos. Luckily, as I previously stated, I love to journal. It is one thing when there is someone telling you who you are compared to telling yourself who you are. When I write, I write my thoughts, emotions, and feelings into my notebook. Just recently I reread my journal for myself. I did not have anything better to do so I thought it would be a good way to get a blast from the past. Now if I had amnesia, it would be easier to understand the person I was and the experiences I had in the past.
References
Richard Paul Janaro & Thelma C. Altshuler, 2017, The Art of Being Human, 11th Edition
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